The Simple Life: Birds make do in the smallest of spaces

While attaching a second birdhouse to the Annex (a small shed in my small backyard) I wondered if birds would find it under the spruce boughs.


[House from scrap, knot-hole entrance, flax oil finish: photo GAH]

Snow is in the air and hopefully a pair of birds who don’t mind getting their picture taken will settle in shortly, and not fly off when I aim the camera their way.

Birds make do in the smallest of spaces, don’t they? To a pair of finches, for example, twenty-five square inches of floor space, 6 inches of headroom and a shared backyard is prime real estate.

Though I’ve made dozens of birdhouses in the last three years (36 this spring, so far) I haven’t spent much time observing the tenants.

This year, I have my camera ready, am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for colourful neighbours.

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Do you have birdhouses in your yard? Photos to share?

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